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- Title
The relationship of the elderly toward their home and living environment.
- Authors
KERBLER, Boštjan; SENDI, Richard; HRAST, Maša FILIPOVIČ
- Abstract
Housing is a basic human good and right. It plays a versatile role, allowing people to fulfil a number of needs, and it is not limited only to one's immediate living space, but also includes an individual's wider living environment. People's relationship toward housing and their living environment changes over the course of their lives. Especially in old age, housing becomes more important. Research shows that the elderly want to remain in their home environments as long as possible because they are closely attached to them. In order to determine whether these findings also apply to Slovenia, this article analyses how attached the elderly in Slovenia are to their homes and wider living environment and how satisfied they are with living there. The elderly's views were obtained with a survey, and a statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS software, based on the calculation of various statistical correlation tests. The analysis confirmed the assumption that the Slovenian elderly are also very attached to their homes or home environments and are satisfied with living there. In addition, the analysis showed some differences among the elderly in this regard depending on their age, where they live and how long they have been living in their current homes.
- Subjects
POPULATION aging; HOUSING; SATISFACTION; ATTACHMENT behavior; AGING in place
- Publication
Urbani Izziv, 2017, Vol 28, Issue 2, p96
- ISSN
0353-6483
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2017-28-02-002